Like button
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Like button
I suggest a like button for posts would be a good feature for the forum. For when you appreciate a post but don't want to quote or reply, just show support.
- DeathJag
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Re: Like button
Oh gawd please no. We’ve already had this discussion. No offense but it’s a terrible idea. If you want to support a post, just quote it and say “I like this” like a human being. A like button would kill so much of the “old school people-to-people forum” vibe here, and replace it with a “bored kids posting stupid crap trying to get likes” one.
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Re: Like button
I like this.DeathJag wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 4:34 pmOh gawd please no. We’ve already had this discussion. No offense but it’s a terrible idea. If you want to support a post, just quote it and say “I like this” like a human being. A like button would kill so much of the “old school people-to-people forum” vibe here, and replace it with a “bored kids posting stupid crap trying to get likes” one.
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Re: Like button
100 times this, very well said.DeathJag wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 4:34 pmOh gawd please no. We’ve already had this discussion. No offense but it’s a terrible idea. If you want to support a post, just quote it and say “I like this” like a human being. A like button would kill so much of the “old school people-to-people forum” vibe here, and replace it with a “bored kids posting stupid crap trying to get likes” one.
There are plenty of other internet cesspits (Faecebook / Twatter / Reddit) where you can get your 'Like button' dopamine hit.
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Re: Like button
For serious, I've eliminated all like-based media from my life and would hate to have to cut out OSG as well.
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Re: Like button
OR make it a feature that you have to manually turn on in your profile settings so those that want it can have it and those with a stick up their butt don't have to see or know about it and not have to shake their fist at it. Ya know.. as a way to try to make more people happy instead of arrogantly pissing on someone else's suggestion because you don't like the thing and suggesting it is for some dopamine self-indulgence when it is more about showing appreciation to others.
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Re: Like button
Maybe you and the OP could do some reading of the established research into the negative effects of this type of feedback loop on the brain and let us know.soggy mittens wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:29 pmOR make it a feature that you have to manually turn on in your profile settings so those that want it can have it and those with a stick up their butt don't have to see or know about it and not have to shake their fist at it. Ya know.. as a way to try to make more people happy instead of arrogantly pissing on someone else's suggestion because you don't like the thing and suggesting it is for some dopamine self-indulgence when it is more about showing appreciation to others.
If you think my comment amounts to 'arrogance' that's your problem. HTH.

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Re: Like button
I see Like buttons being used judiciously on other guitar-related web forums. As a sign of agreement, or appreciation. I've said before I think one would be a useful addition here. Not having one almost seems to me as like saying "you can't be trusted not to misuse it". Thankfully we're not like Facebook guitar groups where the signal-to-noise ratio is so low that you're sometimes more likely to get the wrong or a snide answer to a question than the right one. While it's not really a big deal, a Like button "trial" would tell us if it would work here.
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Re: Like button
I also frequent the squier talk forum. Sometimes I comment, sometimes I like & comment. Sometimes I just like, seems to stop the threads getting unnecessary comments if people just want to indicate they agree with something that has already been said.
But I'm unlikely to get concerned either way, was just a suggestion I didn't know had been made before.
But I'm unlikely to get concerned either way, was just a suggestion I didn't know had been made before.
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Or, you know, just leave it as-is? The forum has worked excellently for well over a decade without the need for this sort of thing.
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If it is really about showing appreciation, then isn't actually thinking up and typing a compliment relevant to the original subject matter a much more meaningful way to do so than clicking a generic button? Or is that too much effort, and the 30 seconds or so it takes considered a waste of time?soggy mittens wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:29 pmwhen it is more about showing appreciation to others.
The purpose of "like" buttons and other similar devices inherent to web 2.0 has never been to offer a means to express an opinion (as that existed before), but to induce and measure engagement for the benefit of the platform as a business, not the users.
Interestingly, the first rule of OSG is
...and I think that rule is pretty well respected here. One of the reasons OSG is my favorite guitar forum — and the only one I'm still active on — is that it's very informative. Of course, there's the occasional "+1" style post (I've been guilty of that myself every now and then), but ont the whole when people give their opinion it's usually in a constructive manner that brings something to the topic.Jay wrote: 1. If you don't have anything useful to add, don't say anything.
As a matter of fact, I've seen several OSG members lament that the forums aren't as active as they were, and the volume of new posts daily seems lower than a few years ago indeed. I dont' think it would encourage members to post more if they had the option to click a "like" button instead.
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Well I don't know what you want me to say as it is clear to me that you have already made up your mind and cemented your position on this topic with little to no room for further information from the other side of the table and more like you want to remove any opinions I currently hold about where you think I am coming from.LVC wrote: ↑Wed Sep 22, 2021 4:17 amIf it is really about showing appreciation, then isn't actually thinking up and typing a compliment relevant to the original subject matter a much more meaningful way to do so than clicking a generic button? Or is that too much effort, and the 30 seconds or so it takes considered a waste of time?soggy mittens wrote: ↑Sat Sep 18, 2021 9:29 pmwhen it is more about showing appreciation to others.
The purpose of "like" buttons and other similar devices inherent to web 2.0 has never been to offer a means to express an opinion (as that existed before), but to induce and measure engagement for the benefit of the platform as a business, not the users.
To be clear I am not 100% for or against, my view is an attempt to please as many people as possible, those that want it can opt into it and those that are against it won't even see it at all, so how can that be a bad thing to you? Or do you just want to not let people to have the thing that makes them happy because it doesn't also make you happy? hhmmm. As far as trying to come at this from a point of view that "like" buttons have a certain function or affect on people is completely subjective, it is up to the individual that uses them and that isn't really up for you or anyone to decide, if they opt in that is their responsibility and not really something you can control and if anything a little weird that you'd want to. Basically if someone is susceptible to those sorts of things then they are going to have it happen somewhere somehow. I mean how many people do you see with their faces buried in their phones when out in public addicted to that dopamine notification bell etc. I don't have internet on my phone or deal with those sorts of thing as I am all too conscious of it, to me a like button is much more innocuous compared to what else is out there but if that is the life style they prefer then who is anyone to judge it, that is their choice and their deal. If it helps them stay engaged with the site then that is a good thing. If you're concerned about the level or amount someone responses to someone and thinking a like button will hinder that then that is just a straight up judgement no? They are either going to write a reply out or nothing, in my understanding a "like" is much closer to a nothing, it is like saying "hey your post made me smile and I would just like to express that in a quick concise way". And again for those that don't opt into it you wouldn't even know they liked any of your posts, separate world. Not to go too meta but isn't this something that the world truly needs right now? Acceptance of coexistence, no one point of view is better than the other, just different and they can be in harmony from one small selfless act of acceptance.
Either way I'm not going to lose sleep over this, I don't think it will happen but it nice to still try to offer an option that pleases as many people as possible even if some will still find a way to shit on it.
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